Two Fatal Crimes Reported In Recent Court Session
The report details Samuel Stevenson killing his wife Fanny at 1345 North Sixth Street after a beating, and Hollis Bright alias Suitcase fatally shooting George Fountain. Witnesses testified about the incidents and related liquor violations. The piece notes inquests, arrests, and local social issues including prohibition enforcement and crime.
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John Mitchell, Jr
Ruto
Inv Ives
Samuel Stevenson
North Sixth Street
St. Phillip’ Hospital
Hollis Bright
George Fountain
Po Uce
West Baker Street
Ardent
T. G. Walton
C. C. Eddleton
Lab. Va
W. Baker St
Virginia
T. G. Walker
C. C. Edleton
Augustus Johnson
Lab
W. Clay St
Ind
Zetta Johnson
Ta Johnson
Zetta Jolson
James M. Whitfield
Suitcase
Baker St
Mary Williams
Calhoun St. George Mountain
Baker Street
Ai Baker Street
Easter Cantata at Ebenezer Baptist Church
Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir presents a new Easter cantata The Resurrection on Easter Sunday at eight pm in the church auditorium corner Judah and Leigh. Public urged to arrive on time for the performance. The Religious Education Committee Y W C A Ramblers Orchestra recital also announced for Sunday at five pm with local soloists and readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Judah and
Leigh
Religious Education Committee
Phyllis Wheatley
Ramblers Orchestra
Robert Smith
Sarah Fields
C. T. Wright
Madeline Walker
Publc
Rev Dr Joseph T Hill’s Great Musical Transformation
Special by John Mitchell Jr describes a Sunday visit to Second Baptist Church where the choir and chorus wearing white robes performed a structured procession. The organ sounded as 23 singers marched right and 27 left, reshaping the service for about three quarters of an hour with full musical sway and vivid reverberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Baptist Church
Reindeer Official Visited Richmond Chapter Leader in Town
Mrs. Bessie J. Waddell of Boston Massachusetts visited the Richmond Chapter on official business last Thursday and helped organize a juvenile chapter in South Richmond with Grand Dictator Al Patterson. A reception followed at Mn. Fulford’s residence with the Reindeer Band escorting. She spoke at First Baptist Church hosted by cousin Mrs. Emma Clavion of 1308 1-2 W. Leigh St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie J. Waddell
Noble G. R
The
Reindeer
Boston
Mass
Richmond
South Richmond
al Patterson
Mn. Fulford
First Baptist Church
Emma Clavion
W. Leigh St
106 Year Old Preacher to Speak at Goodwill Baptist
Elder George Washington Armie claims to be 106 and will preach at Goodwill Baptist Church under Rev. W. B. Ball this Wednesday through Friday. He plans further engagements around the city next week. Armie says he spent life as a gambler and converted in Trinidad Colorado in 1922, basing age on his white owners who say he was 12 when the stars fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington Armie
Goodwill Baptist Church
W. B. Ball
Trinidad
Colo
Blind Poetess McAlpine Recital Tour Across Virginia West Virginia Tennessee
Madame Sarah G. Johnson, born in Abingdon Virginia and educated at Morristown Normal College, travels through Virginia West Virginia and Tennessee giving recitals of 16 poems. She is billed from Pulaski Virginia to Knoxville Tennessee for a month. Poems sold in Abingdon Beckley and McAlpine for ten cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAlpine
West Virginia
Sarah G. Johnson
Abingdon
Railroad Street
Morristown Normal College
Madame Johnson
Virginia
Tennessee
Pulaski
Knoxville
Tenn
Abingdon Va
Beckley
W. Va
McAlphine
W. Vai
Those Good Old Days in M N 1 The Gate of Opportunity
Madame Johnsort presents selections including Those Good Old Days in M N 1 The Gate of Opportunity The C The Wonth of Education Old Maid's Prayer Speaking for If you wish to have her in your the Women Bobbed Hair and church or school write Mrs Mamie Suort Skirts Negro Diabet Franklin Box 347 Abingdon Va.
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Johnsort
M.N.1
Mamie Suort
Franklin
Abingdon
Fold Branches Reliable formed in Richmond under Branch leadership
A new Fold, Branch's Reliable was established in the City of Richmond led by Maj. George L. Branch and his wife Mrs. Mary E. Branch. The organization operates under Grand Shepherd Mrs. Ora Brown Stokes with aides Miss K N Cunningham Mra L E Baskerville Mrs. Lelia A. Wynn and deputies Susie H. Robinson Susie J. Wille. Continued on page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
George L. Branch
Mary E. Branch
Ora Brown Stokes
K. N. Cunningham
L. E. Baskerville
Lelia A. Wynn
Susie H. Robinson
Susie J. Will
Anita Patti Brown to Sing in Richmond Recital
Noted soprano Anita Patti Brown, praised as a genius with rare technique, will perform a public recital at the Fourth Baptist Church in Richmond on Wednesday March 27 at 8 PM. Tickets cost 50 and 75 cents, with children 35 cents. Rev. F W Williams expects a capacity crowd.
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Comiz
Mozart
Paderewski
Schumann-Heinek
Black Patti
Caruso
Roland Hayes
Anita Patti Brown
Indies
North
South America
Madame Brown
Richmond
Fourth Baptist Church
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Fanny
Jas
Harrison
Ingram
Ebenezer
Memoriam
Lomax
John H Lomax
Jesus Christ
Mary Duvall
Youngstown, Ohio
City
M. C. Frederick
New York
Washington
Ella J. Walker
George 7. Walker
Richmond Hospital
J. M. Newman
Albert A. Tennant
W. S. Johnson Sons
A D. Daly
William H. Stokes
Walter T. White
Joseph T. Hill
Madam Jackson
D. Shepherds Rally
Ora B. Stokes
MRS
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